नक्षत्र
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit नक्षत्र (nákṣatra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
नक्षत्र • (nakṣatra) m
- star or any astronomical object
- constellation
Declension[edit]
Declension of नक्षत्र (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- নক্ষত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬓ᭄ᬱᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- নক্ষত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- နက္ၑတြ (Burmese script)
- નક્ષત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਨਕ੍ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- នក្ឞត្រ (Khmer script)
- ນກ຺ຩຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- നക്ഷത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡬᢢᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᢉᢔᠠᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢥꢒ꣄ꢰꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- නක්ෂත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- நக்ஷத்ர (Tamil script)
- నక్షత్ర (Telugu script)
- นกฺษตฺร (Thai script)
- ན་ཀྵ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Compound of नक् (nak, “night”) + क्षत्र (kṣatra, “dominion, rule”). Alternatively, from the root नक्ष् (nakṣ, “to reach”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
नक्षत्र • (nákṣatra) stem, n or m
- a star or any heavenly body
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.67.6:
- ता हि क्ष॒त्रं धा॒रये॑थे॒ अनु॒ द्यून्दृं॒हेथे॒ सानु॑मुप॒मादि॑व॒ द्योः।
दृ॒ळ्हो नक्ष॑त्र उ॒त वि॒श्वदे॑वो॒ भूमि॒माता॒न्द्यां धा॒सिना॒योः॥- tā́ hí kṣatráṃ dhāráyethe ánu dyū́ndṛṃhéthe sā́numupamā́diva dyóḥ.
dṛḷhó nákṣatra utá viśvádevo bhū́mimā́tāndyā́ṃ dhāsínāyóḥ. - So, through the days maintaining princely power. You prop the height as it were from loftiest heaven.
The Star of all the Devas, established, fills the heaven and earth with food of man who lives.
- tā́ hí kṣatráṃ dhāráyethe ánu dyū́ndṛṃhéthe sā́numupamā́diva dyóḥ.
- ता हि क्ष॒त्रं धा॒रये॑थे॒ अनु॒ द्यून्दृं॒हेथे॒ सानु॑मुप॒मादि॑व॒ द्योः।
- the Sun
- an asterism or constellation through which the moon passes, a lunar mansion
Declension[edit]
Neuter a-stem declension of नक्षत्र (nákṣatra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नक्षत्रम् nákṣatram |
नक्षत्रे nákṣatre |
नक्षत्राणि / नक्षत्रा¹ nákṣatrāṇi / nákṣatrā¹ |
Vocative | नक्षत्र nákṣatra |
नक्षत्रे nákṣatre |
नक्षत्राणि / नक्षत्रा¹ nákṣatrāṇi / nákṣatrā¹ |
Accusative | नक्षत्रम् nákṣatram |
नक्षत्रे nákṣatre |
नक्षत्राणि / नक्षत्रा¹ nákṣatrāṇi / nákṣatrā¹ |
Instrumental | नक्षत्रेण nákṣatreṇa |
नक्षत्राभ्याम् nákṣatrābhyām |
नक्षत्रैः / नक्षत्रेभिः¹ nákṣatraiḥ / nákṣatrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | नक्षत्राय nákṣatrāya |
नक्षत्राभ्याम् nákṣatrābhyām |
नक्षत्रेभ्यः nákṣatrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | नक्षत्रात् nákṣatrāt |
नक्षत्राभ्याम् nákṣatrābhyām |
नक्षत्रेभ्यः nákṣatrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | नक्षत्रस्य nákṣatrasya |
नक्षत्रयोः nákṣatrayoḥ |
नक्षत्राणाम् nákṣatrāṇām |
Locative | नक्षत्रे nákṣatre |
नक्षत्रयोः nákṣatrayoḥ |
नक्षत्रेषु nákṣatreṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants[edit]
- Dardic:
- Gandhari: 𐨣𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨟𐨿𐨪 (nakṣatra)
- Pali: nakkhatta
- Prakrit: 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀢𑁆𑀢 (ṇakkhatta)
Borrowed terms
- → Hindi: नक्षत्र (nakṣatra)
- → Kannada: ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ (nakṣatra)
- → Khmer: នក្សត្រ (nĕəksat)
- → Malayalam: നക്ഷത്രം (nakṣatraṁ)
- → Punjabi: ਨਛੱਤਰ (nachattar)
- → Tamil: நட்சத்திரம் (naṭcattiram)
- → Telugu: నక్షత్రము (nakṣatramu)
- → Thai: นักษัตร (nák-sàt)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “नक्षत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0524.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naksatra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397
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